{"product_id":"9780784409893","title":"Frozen in Time: Permafrost and Engineering Problems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrozen in Time\u003c\/em\u003e offers an advanced and unusually comprehensive treatment of permafrost science and associated engineering problems.The book is a previously unpublished work by Siemon W. Muller (1900-1970), author of the first English-language book about perennially frozen ground. Muller stopped working on the nearly completed manuscript in the early 1960s and, for reasons unknown, set it aside about the time of the First International Conference on Permafrost in 1963. The manuscript remained \u003cquote\u003e\u003cquote\u003efrozen\u003cquote\u003e\u003cquote\u003e for several decades, until eventually it was discovered in his files. Editors French and Nelson guided the manuscript through the last phase of revision, provided context through an interpretive introduction, and ushered it through publication. \u003cp\u003eA comprehensive revision and update of the 1947 edition of Muller's classic, this book reads like a how-to manual for engineering personnel working in pioneering or primitive circumstances. Like its predecessor, the book reviews the large Russian-language body of literature devoted to permafrost, but also covers work published in English. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTopics include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ebasic scientific knowledge about perennially frozen ground and the engineering problems associated with it, \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe geography of permafrost, \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003erelated elements of landscape science and ecology, \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eperiglacial geomorphology, and \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe physics of frozen ground. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book serves as a valuable historical document and is useful to anyone seeking basic knowledge about permafrost and appropriate methods for coping with associated engineering problems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/quote\u003e\u003c\/quote\u003e\u003c\/quote\u003e\u003c\/quote\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"American Society of Civil Engineers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47029270151408,"sku":"9780784409893","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780784409893_p0.jpg?v=1763659279","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780784409893","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}